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branches, or into the crotches of trees, to pnpate undrr 

 the rough, loose bark. Others seek quarters in near-by 

 fences or piles of rubbish. 



If the worms are carried in the apples into the store- 

 room, or packed with the fruit when it is picked, they 

 spin their cocoons, after leaving the fruit, in the crev- 

 ices and angles of the barrels, or in any secure portion 



FIG. 106. A pear and two apples. The calyx lobes are closing up, especially 

 on right-hand apple. Almost too late to spray effectively. After photograph by 

 M. V. Slingerland. 



of the store-room. The first brood generally attains the 

 adult stage about the first of July. This brood coming 

 out at this time is ready to lay eggs which will in turn 

 hatch and attack the apples still remaining upon the 

 tree. The insect is two-brooded in the United States. 

 The worms of this second brood enter the fruit not so 

 frequently at the blossom end. They generally enter 

 on the side, making a spot which greatly disfigures the 

 fruit. 



A word about the habits of the parent moth. It is 

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